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Lent @ JPUC: Jesus flips the script …

During Lent this year, Jesmond Park Uniting Church in Newcastle, NSW undertook a deeply embodied, creative, and communal spiritual journey shaped around the theme “Jesus flips the script.” 

Uniting Unveils Corporate Hijab

One of Australia’s largest Christian community services providers is introducing an optional uniform hijab for practicing Muslim women in its 12,000-strong workforce.

Resurrection Begins in the Darkness

This Easter, the Moderator, Rev. Faaimata (Mata) Havea Hiliau, invites us into a familiar but often overlooked truth: resurrection doesn't begin with triumph.

Dove Tales Reflections

The First Hymn (1)

This week we screened The First Hymn movie at Kincumber and Umina. May we always proclaim that God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is "the sole giver of all good things".

The First Hymn

In the 200s someone wrote down the words and music for a hymn now called The Oxyrynchus Hymn. It is a hymn of praise to the Trinity. In 2025 a version called "The First Hymn" was produced. Watch the documentary in late October!

Future Directions

Church Council discussed 4 documents on 10/9/2025. These concern our future. They will be given to the Congregation.

True Worship part 3

Over two millennia faithful Christians have praised our God in Trinity.